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4 Responses to 'what other types of turtles can i put with my Miss map turtle?'

1. pepeturtle - July 7th, 2009 at 7:01 am

   Well, depending on the size of your tank (as most of these turtles will grow somewhat large), I’ve seen several other species kept with map turtles such as Painted Turtles, Red-Eared Sliders, Yellow-Belly Sliders (pretty much any slider), African Side-Neck Turtles (don’t grow as large as these others) and all sorts of Musk Turtles. Overall, you could pretty much keep any water turtle with them with the exception of a snapper. (and even then, it’s probably possible, just risky). Of course, always take into consideration whether or not they’ll get territorial or aggressive with eachother. (mainly if you put a male of either species in the tank), but that’s really on an individual basis. My male Red-Eared slider hated any other male turtle no matter the species, but my friend’s male slider got along perfectly fine with his map and painted turtle.

2. Peek prays for Isis & SHINOBI ! - July 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am

   Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle.
   I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and now a 150 gal pond.

   Two BABY turtles (not over 3” a piece) could have a 55 gallon tank to start. TO START Cause if they live you’ll need 100 gallons soon.
   And my pictures don’t lie. All ages and all sizes get along as long as their is allot for swim room and plenty to eat!

   Sliders, westerns, cooters , midland, painted, map, yellow bellied all are basically the same and require the same basic care.
   They NEED calcium and protein they get it from the fish meat and the fish bones. Drop 20 or so feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows in the tank and watch them disappear in a few days! The more they eat the healthier the turtle. When I got these two 36 yrs ago all we had in back then were goldfish to feed so after 36 yrs and still going strong. They can eat goldfish!
   This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!
   TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium that will promote better shell growth, it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!
   They can have garden worms, meal worms, snails, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, slugs, tadpoles dragon flies and anything that moves, but only as a treat.
   They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.
   They love grapes and strawberries and squash apples.
   .**Swollen cloudy eyes which means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.
   Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for up to 8 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow.
   They need a turtle basking dock.
   Gravel larger than they can swallow
   Leave the heater on 76 to 78 degrees always.
   These turtles in captivity do not hibernate their eating may slow down some but they will not hibernate.
   They will bite very very hard. Under 4″ they carry a disease called ‘salmonella’. So you must wash after every handling any and all ages.

   ***These guys can become cannibalistic and will kill the smallest turtle if there is not enough room and food.

   Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they **** allot. You need a good filter system!
   Total Body length: 5-8″ average for males, up to 12 inches max for females. Life span: 15-25+ years
   Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about 3” across.
   They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass and us humans.

   They get sick easily, shell rot holes actually rotting through the shell, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, vomiting, blowing bubbles from their nose. Fungus white cotton patches on their skin, treat by adding a 1/4 of a cup of aquarium salt per 5 gallons to irritate and hopefully kill fungus. The addition of sulfa drugs such as those sold at pet stores under the name “Dr. Turtle” also should help kill fungus. Here is one source that sells Dr. Turtle. They also now sell a Sulfa dip by Zoo Med to treat bacteria and/or fungus.
   Contact the “www.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet / RESCUE in your city and state or country..

3. oikos - July 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

   If you have a large enough tank, you can probably add another turtle. Even if it is another map turtle, keep an eye on them to try to insure that there is no friction. I would guess that your chances would be best adding a turtle that spends much of its time on the bottom and won’t be competing for a basking site. Even if they do compete, a large enough tank could have two separate places to bask. One group you do not want to add is the soft-shell turtles. They might as well have signs on their shells that say “Bite me”.

4. Veronika S. - July 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

   you can add another map, mud, or musk – and of course sliders, but they grow so large you would have to house them in 200+ gallon pond.

   But if you get a smaller species, like a map, mud or musk they will do perfectly fine in a 75 gallon.

   males can get really territorial and kill each other so make sure you have both females.

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